Shocking attachment for harvester-binders.



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J. CALDER. TAGHMENT FOB. HARVESTBR BINDERS.

APPLICATION FILED IULYQ, 1902.

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PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906.

J. CALDER. SHOCKING ATTACHMENT FOR HARVESTER BINDERS.

APPLIGATION-IILED JULY 9, 1902.

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PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906.

J. CALDER.

SHOCKING ATTACHMENT FOR HARVESTER BINDERS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1902.

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PATENTED JAN. 16, 1906.

J. CALDER. SHOCKING ATTACHMENT FOR HARVESTER BINDERS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1902.

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J. CALDER. SHOCKING ATTACHMENT FOR HARVESTER'BINDBRS.

APPLIOATION FILED JULYQ, 1902.

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J. CALDER. SHOCKING ATTACHMENT FOR HARVESTER BINDERS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1902.

JAMES CALDER, or HAMILTON. CANADA, ,Assienoa or ONE-HAL To GEORGESHELDON BINGHAM, HAMILTON, (QANAD A.

' SHOCKING ATTACl-lMENT Fon HARVESTER-BINDERS.

v Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed July 9, 1902.Serial No. 114,932.

v To all whmn it may concern: A

I bound sheaves will be delivered -from the binder-deck in proper formto form Beit known that I, J MES CALDER, pattern make'r, of the city ofHamilton, in the county of Wentworth, in the Province of Ontario,Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ShockingAttachments for Harvester-Binders, of which the following is thespecification.

. My invention relates to improvements in shocking attachments forharvester-binders; and the object of the invention is to devise asimple, light, and efiicient attachment of this class which maybesecured and held on the frame of a binder without in anymanner a1-tering the construction of such frame and in a perfect shock andparallel with the side of the binder-deck and. in which also the shockwhenbound willbe precipitated, with the butts ofthesheaves, upon theground in such I a manner that when finally delivered the shock-carrierwill be caused to reccde close to the side of the-machine, so that'theshock is left standing without any danger of it being knocked over bythe shock-carrier and yet whereby such shock+carrier will resume its{normal position as soon as the shock has been passed ready to receivethe next shock.

,The invention includes the construction andarrangement of thevariousarts, as here- --,inafter. described,';. and; particu arly pointedout inthe claims. I

k It is 'illustra-tedfin the accompanying draw- 35 in s; in whiche Iguregl sa general perspective view from the rearof the machine,'showingthecon struction'f'and arrangement of my shocking attachment,the confining extension-deck and aprons being removed. Fig. 1 isadetailsectional view of the-aprons Fig. 2 is a lvdeliverthashock:'-Fig. 5 is a. similar-ii? th h0ckcarrierfoldedup sim lar view to Fig.1, showing the-confining extension-decks and aprons in position. ,-Fig.'3 is a section looking from the front of the machine and immediately infront o'fxtheforward arm of the shock-carrier, showing/the relative:position of the knotter mechanisms,

carrier-arms, and shock-carrier. 'Fig. 4jis a perspective view. of theshock 6mm and 1 portion of the frame to which the same'is coir-f nectedwith the shockcarrier tiltediso as.

. shock is being tied.

to clear the shock as the machine is bein driven forward past it.outside. elevation of the mechanism" ofthe shock-carrier, thecross-barof the shock-ca'r-v rier being shown in section and thedifi'erent.positions in operating the shock-carrier in precipitating andsetting-theshock, and fold- 6o 1r g the sho ck-carrier, in heavy and light dotted Ilines, respectively. Fi 7 is a perspective front,

view of the extension-Frameshowing the man ner of operating the needleand the tension device and means for regulating the same? Fig. 8 v

is an enlarged detail of the tension'device;

Fig, 9'is a detail of the driving means for the j: pitman operating. theshock-carrier and trip,

means connected with the same, whereby suc driving means is thrownperiodically into oper- 7 0" ation. Fig. 10 is a detail of clutchfor'driving means. Fig. llisadetalof the devicewhereby thetrip-armorordina rybindingmechanismis A held stationary during theperiod that the- V,

Fig.- 1.2 is an enlarged 75 detail showing the controlling-wheel forregulatin the number of sheaves in the.

shock an the mechanism coacting therewith and also the inner compressorarm and means for operating the same. detail view showing the relativepositions of the aprons. Figs. .151 and are detail views to furtherillustrate the parts shown in Fig.

10. Fig, 16 is a detail view of'the pivoted portion of arm H In thedrawings likecharactersof reference indicate corresponding parts'iineach figure.

A is the binder-deck of an ordinary 'harvesf terinder, which ispf theusual construction .a'n held on tubular supports A A by suit- 0g ablebrackets, which itis not necessary here to describe.

B is the-end castingof the knetter mechan ism, which is suitab 51secured on the front end of the binder-deck and supported on the 9 5frame thereof;

0 is the knotter-shaft, on which the=ordi-.

nary knotter mechanism is supported, which it is not necessary here todescribe.

D is the shockknotter shaft, which is sup- 100 ported in "suitablebearings formed by the casting carrying the shockeknotter mechanism anddesignated D? at the rear end ofthe ibinder-deck and at the front in abearing- 'brack'et jDfi secured to the binder-deck and-'1o5'zbearingsat-theend of the bar D'f,

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Fig. 6 is an enlarge 5 I Fig. 13 is a A of the binder-deck.

supported upon the tubular supportingibars (See Figs. 1 an 3.) E is abar supported in suitable brackets above the upper edge of thebinder-deck.

F is a supplemental ejector-arm spindle, which is journaled in suitablebearings f on the outer ends of the bars F, which are secured at theinner end on the bar E. One of the bars F, it will be noticed, extendsacross theknotter-shaft, which forms a support for the same, so as torigidly hold the supplemental ejector-arm spindle in position. Thisspindle has secured to it the supplemental arms 1'.

C represents the ejector-arms secured on the ordinary knotter-shaft andwith which the arms f are designed to coact, so as to deliver the sheaffrom the binder-deck onto the shock-carrier, as will hereinafter appear.

The spindle F is provided at the front end with an arm f which isconnected by a rod f to a crank f secured on the end of the rod f whichis j ournaled in bearings attached to the casting through which theknotter-shaft extends.

6 is a sprocket-wheelsecured on the front end of the rod f Thesprocket-pinion) is connected by a chain f to a pinion f 8 on the end ofthe packer-shaft G, from which it will therefore be seen the spindle isoscillated in order to give a forward and backward throw to thesupplemental arms f.

F representsretarding-arms connected together by the rod F and looselyheld on the spindle F, being securely held vup by means of the spring F,which projects against a pin F on the arm F, which forms part of the hubof the supplemental carrier-arm- F The arm F forms a part of the hub ofthe retarding-arm F which is loosely held upon the shaft F and hasconnected to it a cord 2, which passes through an eye 3 on the bar E rand extends through a crotch 4 on the bar 5,

which extends out at right angles to the bar E. The cord 2 is providedwith balls or knobs 6 and 7.' By releasing the ball 6 from the crotch 4the spring F will force the arm F down into the position shown by dottedlines in Fig. 3, the exact position being limited by the ball 7.

It will now be seen that the mechanism I have so far describedviz., theejector-arms O and the. supplemental carrier-arms f serve to deliver thesheaf of the binder-deck onto the shock-carrier, which I shall presentlydescribe. Should the sheaf be liable to be delivered too uickly beforethe shock is tied and delivere the cord 2 may be released, ashereinbefore described, so as to throw the ball 7 against the crotch 4,when the supplemental retardingarms F will pass down into the positionshown in dotted lines and retard the delivery of the sheaf, and thedriver of the machine will be enabled to retard the delivery of thesheaf until the shock is delivered. It will also be understood that thesheaf is tied in the'usual manner by the ordinar knotter and cord fromthe needle, which do not here describe or show, as it forms no featurein the present invention.

A represents aprons, made, preferably, of sheet metal and secured at thelower portion V shape in cross-section and are provided with dependinglips a, which are preferably made of sheet metal and suitabl secured tothe depending apron A (See Fig. 2.) The aprons A and A have slots a anda made in them to provide for the working of the compressor-arm andneedle of the knotter, as hereinafter will appear. The apron A is alsoprovided with a slotafi, through which the numbering mechanism may beviewed.

at the inner end on the shock-knotter shaft D and is supported at theouter end by a brace h, secured to one of the side bars of the frame atthe bottom and having the spindle f 5 extending therethrough at the top:

When the sheaf is being ejected fromthe binder-deck, I find that it isnecessary to provide a counter whereby the exact number of sheavesnecessary to form a shock maybe counted and gaged, so that the mechanismfor tying the shock may be set in motion. In order to effect thispurpose, I provide the following mechanism: I is a plate (see Fig. 12)secured to the binder deck and provided with a forked bearing in whichis journaled the end of the bar I, which is held in the positionindicated by means of a spring i, secured underneath the plate andextending underneath the bar. 1' is an arm pivotally held on the freeend of the bar I and havin a depending portion '27. i is a counter-wheeteeth, corresponding in number to the sheaves of the shock. Thecounter-wheel i is journaled on a pin '11, attached to or forming partof the bearing bracket D -97 is a spring normally press againstthedepending portion i of the arm 11. xi isa laterally-projectingratchet-shaped tooth attached to or forming part of the counter-wheel i'6 is a leversecured intermediate of its length to the bent end of thebar i and pivoted on the bracket D by the bolt '5. The bar i extendsthrough a guide I and passes at the op osite end normally underneath thetrip 0g 1', where it is held by means of the sprin I connected to thebent end and to a pin l on the bracket D a I d is a sprocket-wheel whichis loosely held on the knotter-shaft D and is connected by asprocket-chain d to a pinior d on the packershaft G, which is drivenfrom the main driving-wheel through the sprocket-wheel G and suitablechain connections and gear. The trip-dog j is "cured on the end ofthe His an -extension-arm which is supported which is secured to the bar Iand designed to of the binder-deck. The aprons A are broad a provided,preferably, with eight ratchet- I arm i, (see Figs. 10, 14, and 15,)which is pivhereinbefore describe is secured to the collar and extendsagainst a The spindle f carries rocket wheel f, as

A clutch mechanthe pin 7' on the arm 1'. at the front 'endthe s ismprovided with a dog f 9 connects sprocket f and shaft f together.

K is a bent lever pivoted on the bar h, at-

I tached to or forming part of the brace h. The

outer end of the lever K is pivotally. connected by the rod is to an arm7c, formed on the end of the spindle k which is journaled in bearings'lcbeneath the binder-deck, as indicated in Fig. 7. The inner end of thelever K normally projects against the dog f The clutch operatedthroughthe dog f 9 is similar to that shown in Figs. 9 andlO of thedrawings. The lever K acts on the dog f 9 to free the sprocket-wheel f 6in a similar manner to the bar p on the dog 7' to free the sprocketwheelP It will be seen that while the lever K is in contact with the dog J" 9the sprocketwheelf is free to rotate loosely on the shaft and thereforewill not interfere with the rotation of the packer-shaft G. Assoon,however, as the lever K is tilted on its pivot away from the dog f9 .the shaft 1 and sprocketwheel f, being brought into connectionthrough the clutch, are driven from the packer shaft G until the bar Kis again brought into the path of the dog 9 to throw the clutch out ofgear and free t e wheel f. The sheafbinding knotter-shaft is driven inthe usual manner or any suitable manner from the packer-shaft, which itis not necessary here to describe.

One of the ejector-arms C in its rotation strikes the arm 11', therebyforcing it downwardly sufficiently so as to allow the sheaf to pass overthe arm '8, and at the same time de' .presses, by means of the dependingportion 11 the tooth of the counter-wheel the space of one tooth, thesprin if being of sufficient strength to hold the 0g 1' on the face ofthe tooth, but allowing'it to ride over the tooth on its returnmovement. The arm I is also carried downwardly against the pressure ofthe spring 11 and strlkes the arm k on the rear end of the spindle kthus pulling downwardly upon the rod 7c and tilting the lever K so as tothrow the inner end out of engagement with the dog 1'", and thereby lockthe sprocket-wheel f 6 to the spindle f and .thereby rotate the spindleand impart an oscillating movement to the supplemental carrierarmsf, soasto throw out the sheaf upon the shock-carrier, which I shall presentlydescribe. As sopnas the requisite movement has been given the ejector-arms C of the knotter-shaft cease to rotate, the arm 6 is restoredtoits normal position by means of the spring i, extending underneath thebar I, the lower de the. compression pending portion of such armspringing and passing back over on to the next succeeding tooth readyfor the next operation. The inner end of the lever K of course passesback into its normal position a ainst thedogf" by reason of the weightof its rier the tooth '1', comes in contact with the outer end of thelever i thereby forcing the bar i from underneath the trip-dog 7', thusthrowing the arm 1' against one of the teeth 1' of the collar J, securedto or forming part of the sprocket-wheel (Z and thereby throwing suchsprocket-wheel into operative connection with the shock-knotter shaft D,thus transmitting motion from the packer-shaft to the shockknotter shaftto operate the shockknotter mechanism. It will be understood thatprevious to the operative connection being thrown in thatas thepacker-shaft iscontinually rotating so likewise will the sprocketwheel(1 and that the shock-knotter shaft will only be caused to rotate whenthe trip mechanism described above is thrown in.

L is a compressor-arm which is operated in the usual manner by thepressure of the grain in order to throw into gear the drive between thepacker-shaft and the knotter-shaft. order to tie the shock, it isnecessary that this compressonarm be momentarily held until the cordbinding the shock together-has been tied. (See Fig. 11..) In order toeffect this, I provide the following simple mechanism: The compressorarmL is adjustably secured on an arm I, secured to the crossshaft Z. Z is abracket secured to portion of the bearing-bracket supporting; theshockknotter shaft. The bracket 1 carries a crossbar Z with a bent end1*, provided with a roller Z 1 is a cam-wheel on the shockknotter shaftprovided with one rise 1. The front end of the bar Z extends normallyinto proximity with the compressor-arm L, being held from underneath thepath of such compressor-arm by the rise 1 Z. The cam-wheel l is placedon the shockknotter shaft D, so that as soon as the shockknotter shafthas rotated in its revolution to such an extent as to be in a positionto tie the knot by its knotter the rise 1 in the camwheel 1 reaches thepoint where the roller Z passes the end of the rise, and thereby the rod1 is caused to spring inwardly underneath the compressor-arm by thespring Z, and thereby the compressor-arm is held sta tionary andprevents the ejection of any moregrain during the period that the knotis being tied on the cord of the shock and such cord severed, inward rodbeing limited by a stop Z"; When the compressor-arm is locked so as tohold the bundle, the ejectorvarms are stationary, such arms only beingbrought into operation by of the compressor-arm by means of thepacker-arms forcing the bundle of the cam-wheel movement of the 7o ongarm. Upon the eight sheaves being prec pitated into the shock-cartlemore straw is gathered into the bundle before the knot is tied and theejector-arms operate. It will be seen, therefore, that the ejector-armsnever come in contact with the bundle until the compressorarm iscompressed by the packer-arms, so that the looking of the arm will notinterfere with the working of the rest of the mechanism.

I consider it necessary in my machine to provide a shield for confiningthe grain or preventing it from passing too far forward on thebinder-deck, and for this purpose I provide a shield 2, which Isecure'to the ordinary knotter-shaft. I also suitably secure a shield 4to said shield 2 by suitable rivets 5 at the inner end, such shieldbeing also secured to the extension-bar p by suitable bolts or rivets6', extending through the same.

The aprons A and A are braced and supported for the most part by thebracket 7 substantially L shape in form and suitably secured underneaththe binder-deck and connected at the bottom by the bars 8 to thedown-hanger 9, which is attached to or forms part of the bearing bracketor bar D supported upon the tubes A A.

H is the needle-arm, which is of the shape 'shown, the lower horizontalend being journaled in suitable bearings at the outer end of the frameH. The needle II is secured at the rear end of the arm H. The requisitemovement is given to the needle, so as to carry it in through the slotof into the shock knotter D by an arm h which is con nected by a rod hto an arm h on the end of the shock-knotter shaft D, which, ashereinbefore described, passes through the inner end of the frame II.

In order to provide for the tension and loosening of the cord thatpasses through the needle to the knotter, so as to allow enough cord forthe shock, and yet tighten the cord when the knot is being tied, Iprovide the following simple device: II is a cord-holding cage securedto the cross-bar I'll, extending between the bars of the extension-frame1-1. H is a bracket securely riveted to the end of the front side bar ofthe frame H in proX-.

imity to the end of the needle-arm. H is an arm attached to the end ofthe needle-arm and designed to move with said needle-arm or in unisonwith the arm h. h and h are corrugated rollers suitably journalcd in thebracket H and held together by the spring It. (See Figs. 7 and 8.) h isa lug projecting laterally from the bracket H, as indicated. The cord 6passes through the eye 1), between the rollers k and h, throu h the eyeb in the bracket H to an eye b in t e needlearm, and thence to theneedle. When the needle-arm is thrown in the direction indicated-byarrow, Fig. 7, soas to throw the needle into the knotter, the arm H isthrown from off the 111 h and the spring h forces the corrugated rol ersk and it together, thereby causing a tension to be put on the cord whenthe shock is being bound. When the needle-arm and needle have beenthrown back into the positon shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 7, the cam-shapedend of the arm H comes in contact with the lug h", so that the rollers kand h are forced apart and the cord is freed. Consequently when thefirst sheaf is being precipitated onto the shocker, ashereinbeforedescribed, it will carry down the cord,

(shown in Figs. 1 and 2,) as such cord is quite free to pass downwardlyonto ,the top of the shock-carrier, so that each succeeding sheaf willlie on top of the cord. When the needle is giving. its forward throwagain, the'tension is, as hereinbefore described, put on the cord, sothat it tightens up on the shock, and when .the cord is tied the shockis bound tightly in fingers N are bound together by a cross-bar n.

N is a brace connected to a sleeve n7, held loosely on a in a, formingpart of the socket N at t e lower end and suitably secured to the rearside of the extension-frame at the upper end, so'as to form with thebars N a rigid supporting-journal for the forward end of the bar N.

n is an arm secured on the bar N and connected by a rod n to theneedle-arm'.

n is an arm secured on the front end of the bar N and connected by a rodn to the lower end of the arm 72?. The rod n has a slotted .end fittingwithin a grooved collar on bar N,

thus allowing a free rotary movement, as well as a swinging motion. Bythis mechanism the free end of the arm N is given a grainward movementat the same time that the arm N is turned to depress thecompressionfingers N. By this movement the compressorfingers compressthe shock-evenly at both thethick or butt end of the shock and at thethin or head end of the shock. v

n is a spiral spring connected to the needle-arm in proximity to theneedle at the up-. per end and at the lower end to the bar N It will nowbe seen that upon every forward rr sevement of the needle thecompressor-fingers: will be carried inward and downward simultaneously,so as to compress the sheaf upon the shock-carrier O, which is supportedas hereinafter described, and thereby enable the shock to be tied amaximum tightness. The spiral spring a serves to hold or, more properly,draw the rear end of the bar N inwardly, and consequently the fingers Ndownwardly, during the above operation, so as to press the head of theain evenly and reduce the diameter of the s ock at the top, so that itwill stand when put on the ground.

Having now described the mechanism for carrying the sheaves onto theshock-carrier and also the means for compressing the shock on suchcarrier, &c., I shall now describe the mechanism whereby theshock-carrier is tilted to deliver the shock upon the ground and foldedto pass such shock when delivered as the machine moves forward andfinally restore it to its normal position again ready to receive thenext shock.

P is a portion of the main frame of the harvester, and P and J? arelaterally-extending bars which are suitably secured to the side and endof the main frame of the harvester, respectively, and to which thetubular extensions p and p are secured.

p is a bar secured to the side of the frame, near the front end thereof,as indicated.

3 and p are tubular rails which are supported and held by brackets 79and p on the tubular extension 1) and by brackets 9 and 8 on the tubularextension 10 The front end of the tubular rails p and p are connected byupri hts p and p to the bar p. The rear end of the rails p and 1) formjournals 10 and .11 in which the crank-shaft P has bearings at the outerend, suchcrank-shaft having bearings at the inner end on thebearing-bracket P, secured to the main frame of theharvester P.

P is a sprocket-wheel loose on the crankshaft 1? and provided with thesame form of trip mechanism exactly as is shown in Fig. 10 and ashereinbefore referred to, the trip-dog 7' being in this instance engagedby the end of the bell-crank bar P, pivoted on a bracket P secured tothe bar P.

p is a guard-rail secured on the rail 1) by stems 12 and 13. The pur oseof the guardrail is to prevent the whee s g and g of the z carriage'jofthe shock-carrier from leaving the rails p and p.

14: represents braces extending between the bar P and the cross-strut15, secured to a portion of the main frame of the harvester, as

indicated, such braces being designed to strengthen the connectionof thebar P to the 5 5 nectedto same the longitudinal slats g. ;;The

main frame'of the harvester P.

Q is a tubular bar which has connected to it the brackets g and g, onwhich are pivotally j ournaled or swiveled at the inner ends thecross-bars q and 9 which extend outwardly, as shown, and have pivotallyconfront end of. the bar Q has secured thereto a bracket g the straightedge of which is designed to form a guide, as will hereinafter apear.The L-shaped bend of the rod u extends beneath the bracket q, and thuswhen such L-shaped bend strikes the sto r during the downward swing ofthe shoc r-carrier it is prevented from being bent in an upwarddirection by coming in contact with the bracket g otherwise the bar awould bind in the guidingeblock u. t

gis an axle carrying the grooved wheels g and g which are designed toride upon the rails 19 and 1). The axle q is suitably held in the frontend of the bar Q.

R is a rod connected to the double crank of the shaft P at one end andto an arm R on the end of the short counter-shaft 1, which is journaledin suitable bearings 1".

R is an arm connected to the outer end of the shaft 1', the outer end ofthe arm R being connected by the pitman R to the inner side of the barQ, to which such pitman is pivotally connected.

S is a rectangular frame pivotally swung on the end of the shaft P Thefree end of the rectangular frame S has journaled in it the crank-bar S,the end of the crank of which is journaled in bearings s, secured to thebar Q.

T is an arm secured on the outer end of the shaft P and provided with anotch t.

U'is a bracket secured on the pivoted end of the bar g, and 'u, is a barpivoted in such bracket and extending through a guidingblock 10, securedto the lower side of the bar Q in proximity to the pivot of the bar 1The free end of the bar 10 is provided with an- L-shaped bend U.

a is a spiral spring connecting the bracket U to the bar The spring amerely acts to counterbalance the weight of the carrier and is not ofsufficient strength to raise it, yet when the carrier is brought to itsraised position the spring will be 'of sufficient strength to preventthe vibration of the machine shaking the carrier down. v

V is a sprocket-Wheel secured to the shock knotter shaft D and connectedby the sprocket chain c to a sprocket -wheel V on the trip-spindle v,

which is journaled-at the front end in the down-hanger 9, attached to 1'is a stop secured to the bearing 1'.

and designed to come in contact with the band 1", held on the end of thebar 1 attached to or forming part of the bracket I shall now describethe operation of the various parts immediately referred to above. Whenthe shock-knotter shaft has been set in motion in themanner'herein'before described, it conveys such motion by means of thesprocket-wheel V and chain '0 and sprocketwheel V to the trip spindle1')", which is caused to rotate in the direction indic'ated by arrow,Fig. 1, until the laterally-extendiri face-tooth V comes in contact withtl'ie en of the bell-crank P, thereby forcing thee aa site end of thebell-crank laterally out from engagement with the trip-dog j coa'ctingwith the sprocket-wheel P and thus throwing the collar J on the shaft Pinto connection with the sprocketwheel P As the.

sprocket-wheel P is suitably driven from the main drive-wheel by meanswhich it is not necessary here to describe, it will be seen that as thesprocket-wheel is continually rd- 6 5 stantially horizontal or, moreaccurately,- with tating such throwing" out of the bell-crank P willcause such sprocket-wheel to turn the shaft P thereby drawing, by meansof the rod. R and pitman R the bar rearwardly, such bar being supportedat the front end by the wheels g and g, as hereinbefo'r'e described,upon the rails j) p. As the bar Q is forced rearwardly it will, onaccount of its connection to the rectangular frame S, hereinbeforereferred to, by the crank'S, necessarily rise at the rear end and alsocause the .forward end of the rectangular frame S to rise until theshock-carrier assumes the upright position shown in full lines in Fig. 4and in heavy dotted lines in Fig. 6, at which time the shock isdelivered. The crank of the shaft P then having nearly reached the limitof its stroke, the-arm T, being substantially oppositely set to suchcrank, will in its rotation strike the bent-end of the bar a immediatelyafter the shock-carrier has reached the position shown in Fig. 4, andthereby pull down upon the bracket U and fold such shock-carrier on itspivotal bearings 'q' and g on the bar Q, so as to throw it up into theposition shown in full lines in Fig. 5 and light dotted lines in theside elevation of Fig. 6. In this folded position theshock-carrier willbe held by the spiral spring u,- connected to the bracket U and to theforward pivot-point of the carrier, until the shock delivered has beenpassed by the binder as it is being driven forward. As the shaft P stillcontinues to rotate, the crank of the shaft necessarily throws forwardby the rods and pitmen hereinbefore described the forward, now lower,end of the shock-carrier, such forward end being carried by the wheelshereinbefore referred to on the rails until the carrier is forced intothe position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 which is subw ,rn Al -as .3: r: as.a slight incline downwardly at the front. As

the shock-carrier is carried forward the bent end U of the bar M, whichat the be inning of the return movement passes quickFy past the arm T,strikes the stop 1", and thereby throws back the bars g and g to aposition at right angles to the bar Q, and thus spreads the carrier.ready to receive the next shock. The brake-shoe 1' on the returnmovement also serves to act as a brake on the band 1", so as to preventa too precipitate or sudden return of the carrier to the normal positionready to receive the shock. It will of course be understood that thedriving-"shaft P 'is immediately thrown out of clutch with the sprocketP as soon as it has been restored to position to receive the next shock,and it will also be understood that such mechanism is so timed that itis not started in its operation by the trip-wheel until the cord of theshock has been tied and severed-in other words, until the shock iscomplet and ready for delivery.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a machine of the class described,the combination with the binderdeck, of a bar extending lengthwisethereof, a knotter'shaft located parallel therewith and carryingejector-arms, arms extending from said bar to the opposite side of theknotter-shaft, a supplernental shaft journaled in said arms with e'ectorarms carried by said supplemental s aft, substantially as described.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with thebinder-deck, and the knotter-shaft carrying ejector-arms, of a barextending lengthwise of the binder-deck on one side of theknotter-shaft, arms extending from said bar to the opposite side of theknotter-shaft, hearings in the ends of the arms, a supplemental shaftjournaled in said bearing's, supplemental ejector-arms on saidsupplernental shaft, a crankarm on the supplemental shaft, and a pitmanconnected to said crank-arm with means for operating the pitman,substantially as described.

3. In a machine'of the class described,- the combination with thebinder-deck and the knotter-shaft carrying ejector-arms, of a barextending lengthwise of the binder-deck on one side of theknotter-shaft, arms extending from said bar to the op osite side of theknotter-shaft, bearings in t e ends of the arms, a

supplemental shaft journaled in said bearmeans for operating it, andsupplemental I one side of the kriotter-shaft, arms extending stantiallyas described.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination with thebinder-deck and the knotter-shaft carrying ejector-arms, of a barextending lengthwise of the binder-deck on one side of theknotter-shaft, arms extending from said bar to the opposite side of theknotter shaft, a supplemental shaft j ournaled in bearings in said arms,supplemental ejectorarms carried by said supplemental shaft, a crank-armon said supplemental shaft, a spindle located above the knotter-shafthaving a mall crank-arm, a rod or'pitman connecting said crank-arm withthe arm on the supplemental shaft, and means for driving said spindle,comprising a sprocket-wheel on the end of the spindle, a packer-shaft,a-s rocket-wheel on the end thereof, and a sproc ct-chain connectingsaid sprocket-wheels, substantially as described.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination with thebinder-deck, ofa knotter-shaft above the deck", ejector-arms carried bysaid knotter-shaft, a supplemental shaft arranged parallel with theknotter-shzift with means for supporting it, supplemental ejector-armscarried thereby a crank-arm on the supplemental shaft, a spindleprovided with a crank-arm, a rod connecting said crank-arms, agear-wheel for rotating the spindle and means for controlling themovement of said spindle, substantially as described.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination with thebinder-deck, of a knotter-shaft above the deck, ejector-arms carried bysaid knotter-shaft, a supplemental shaft arranged parallel with theknotter-shaft with means for supporting it, a crank-arm on thesupplemental shaft, a spindle provided with a crank-arm, a rodconnecting said crank-arms, a sprocket-wheel on the end of the spindle,a packer-shaft, a sprocket-wheel thereon, and a sprocket-chainconnecting said sprocket wheels, substantially as described.

8. In a machine of the class described, the

combination with the binder-deck and knotter-shaft. carrying theejector-arms, of a sup- 1 plemental shaft carrying supplementalejector-arms with means for oscillating sari shaft, and retaining-armspivoted on saih supplemental shaft, a spring tending nor-l todepresssaid arms and means for holding said arms elevated against thetension'of the spring, substantially as described.

9. In a machine of th'class described, the combination with thebinder-deck and knotter-shaft carrying ejector-arms, of a supplementalshaft carrying supplemental ejectorarms, means for oscillating saidshaft, sheafretaining arms pivotally supported on said supplementalshaft, a spring tending normally to depresssaid arms, andmanuallycontrolled means for holding said retainingarms elevated againstthe tension of the spring, substantially as described.

10. In a machine of the class described, the combination with thebinder-deck and knotter-shaft carrying ejector-arms, of a supplementalshaft carrying supplemental ejector-arms, means for oscillating saidshaft, sheaf-retaining arms pivotally supported on said supplementalshaft, a spring tending normally to depress said arms, andmanuallyoontrolled means for holding said retaining arms elevatedagainst the tension of the spring, said means including a crank-armconnected with one of the arms and a cord connected to said crank-armand extending into reach of the operator, substantially as described.

11. In a machine of the class described, the combination with thebinder-deck and knotter-shaft, of a supplemental shaft located above thedeck and parallel with the knotter-shaft with means for operating it,ejector-arms carried by said supplemental shaft for ejecting thesheaves,retainingarms connected to move in unison and pivotally mountedon said supplemental shaft, an arm pivoted on the shaft and connected.to one of the retaining-arms, a spring acting on said arm and tendingto depress the retainingarms, and manually-controlled means for normallyholding said retainingarms elevated against the tension of the spring,substantially as described.

12. In a machine of the class described, the combination with thebinder-deck and. kno tter-shaft, of a supplemental shaft located abovethe deck and parallel with the knotter-shaft with means for operatingit, ejecting-arms carried by said supplemental shaft for ejecting thesheaves, retaining-arms connected to move in unison and pivotallymounted on said supplemental shaft, an. arm pivoted on the shaft andconnectedto oneof the retaining-arms, a pin on said arm, a spring actingon said pin and tending to depress the retaining-arms, a cord connectedto the said arm, and means for holding the end of he cord, substantiallyas described.

3 a'machine of the class described, the c 'In-bination with thebinder-deck and knott -r-shaft, of a supplemental shaft located abovethe deck'and parallel with the l iottenshaft with means for operatingit, ejecting-arms carried by said supplemental shaft for ejecting thesheaves, retaining-arms connected to move in unison and pivotallymounted on said supplemental shaft, an arm pivoted on the shaft andconnected to one of the retaining-arms, a pin on said arm, a springacting on said pin and tending to depress the retaining-arms, a cordconnected to the said arm, and means for holding the end of the cord,said means comprising a forked arm on the frame and stops on the cordfor engaging said fork, substantially as described.

14. In a machine of the class described, the combination with thebinder-deck, of an apron angular in cross-section having one edgesecured to the lower edge of the binderdeck, and having slots to permitoperating mechanism to project therethrough, substantially as described.

15. In a machine of the class described,

the'opposite edge of said apron, a verticallydisposed apron secured tothe angular apron at one end, and an additional vertical apron carriedby .the frame and in the plane of said first vertical apron,substantially as described. I i

17. In a machine of the class described, the combination with thebinder-deck and sheaf binding and ejecting mechanism, of ahorizontally-disposed receiving-apron secured to th elower edge of thebinding-deck, a second aprons'ecured to the outer edge of saidreceiving-apron, vertically-disposed aprons at the end of said.receiving and said second aprons, and shock-binding mechanism,substantially as described.

18. In a machine of the class described, the combination with thebinder-deck and sheaf binding and ejecting mechanism, of a'horizontallydisposed receiving apron secured to the lower edge of thebinding-deck, a second apron secured to the'outer edge of said..receiving-apron, vertically-disposed aprons at the end of saidreceiving and said second a rons, means for compressing and binding t egrain and a suitable shock-carrier, substantially as described.

19. In a shocker, the combination with the counter-shaft andknotter-shaft and arms located on the counter-shaft outside of theknotter-shaft and the spindle and driving connections between thespindle and counterv shaft, of the sprocket-wheel on the spindle,

a clutch mechanism connecting said sprocketwheel and said spindle andprovidedwith a dog a packer-shaft and. drivin between suchsprocket-wheel an the packer shaft, a lever suitabliy pivoted in theframe I counter-shaft, of the sprocket-wheel on the spindle, a clutchmec anism between said sprocket-wheel and said spindle and drivinconnection between such sprocket wheel and the packer-shaft, a leversuitably pivoted in the frame a dog on the clutch mechanism designed tobe engaged by oneend of said lever, a rod sup orted on the binderdeckand extending ongitudinally thereof and an arm on the front end of therod and a rod connecting such arm with the lever aforesaid and means foroscillating the rod by the delivery of the sheaf as and for the purposespecified.

21. In a shocken, the combination with the counter-shaft knotter-shaftand packer-shaft and arms located on the counter-shaft outside of theknotter-shaft and the spindle and driving connections between thespindle and counter-shaft, of the sprocket wheel on the spindle, aclutch mechanismbetween said sprocket-wheel and said spindle a dog onsaid clutch mechanism and driving connection between such sprocket-wheeland the packershaft, a lever suitably pivoted in the frame and havingone end desi ned to engage with said dog, a rod supported on thebinder-deck and extending longitudinally thereof and an arm on the frontend of the rod and a rod connecting such arm with the lever aforesaid,an arm on the op osite end of the longitudinally: supported ro and meansfor depressing such arm operated by the delivery of the sheaf as and forthe ur ose s ecified.

22. In a s oc ker, t e combination with the counter-shaft knotter-shaftand packer-shaft and arms located on the counter-shaft outside of theknotter-shaft and the spindle and connection driving connections betweenthe spindle and counter-shaft, of the sprocket-wheel on' the tslpindle,a clutch thereon having a dog, and riving connections between suchsprocket- I wheel and the packer-shaft, a lever suitably pivoted in theframe and having one end de-' signed to engage with said dog, a rodsupported on the binder-deck and extending longitudinally thereof and anarm on the front end of the rod and a rod connecting such arm with thelever aforesaid, an arm on the opposite end of thelongitudinally-supported rod, for the urpose specified.

23. n a shocker, the combination with the bar I suitably pivoted in thebinder-deck and the double arm or dog pivotally secured on the outer endthereof and spring-held, of a counter-wheel suitably j ournaled andhaving ratchet-teeth engaged by the dog and the ejector-arm arranged in(prox-inntyto the upper arm of said dog an means for moving theejector-arm to cause it to engage said upper arm and to throw the dogdownwardly and move the ratchet-wheel the space of one tooth u on thedelivery of every sheaf, sub stantial y as'described.

24. In a shocker, the combination with the shock knotter-shaft supportedon the binderdeck and the sprocket-wheel loosely suported on the shaftand provided with a colar having a series of teeth in its periphery, of

i an internal collar provided with an arm s ring-held and a dog pivotedon the end of t e arm, such arm being normally out ofthe path of theteeth, a counter-wheel, means for rotating such counter-wheel, aface-tooth extending laterally from the counter-wheel, a bar supportedin suitable guideways in the frame and designed to normally extendunderneath the dog supported on the arm pivoted in the collar aforesaid,said bar having a bent end, a lever pivoted on the frame and secured tothe bent end of the bar, a spring for normally holding the bent end ofthe bar to the frame, the said lever being designed to be thrownoutwardly by the tooth on the face of the counter-wheel on saidcounterwheel completin its revolution, so as to release the dog an bindthe sprocket-wheel to the shaft as and for the purpose specified.

25. In a sheaf-compressor, the combination with the compressor-armsupported on a suitable shaft and suitably operated, of a bar normallyheld in proximity to the compressorarm an means for throwing such barunderneath the'compressor-arm when the shock is being bound as and forthe purpose specified.

26. In a sheaf-compressor, the combination with the compressor-armsupported on a suitable shaft and suitably operated, of a bar located indproximity to the compressor-arm and provi ed with a bent end androller, a

supporting-bracket for the same a pin on the bar, a spiralspringlencircling the bar and extending between t e pin on the same andthe bracket, a knottershaft, and a cam-wheel thereon provided with aface-cam and designed to coact with the roller on the end of the bar asand for the purpose specified.

27. In a shocker, the combination with the binder-deck, of ashock-knotter and shaft, means-for driving the same from the bindermechanism, a rectangular extension-frame located at the front of themachine and swung on-the knotter-shaft,"a brace supporting the same, aneedle-arm journaled on the outer edge of said frame, crank-arms on saidneedle-arm and said knotter-shaft and a link connectin said arms,substantially as described.

28. n a machine of the class described, the combin ationwith theshock-carrier and means for delivering sheaves thereto, of a rockingshaft in proximity to the shock-carrier, a sleeve forming a bearing forsaid shaft, said sleeve being capable of a lateral swinging motion, aplurality of compressor+arms extending upward from said shaft, aneedle-arm,

and connections for rocking said shaft as the needlearm moves forward,as and for the purpose specified.

29. In a shocker, the combination with the shock carrier suitablysupported on the frame, of the compressor-arms, the shaft carrying thesame, the needle-arm, a suitable support for the compressor-arms shaft,means operated from the needle-arm for throwing the compressor-arms onthe shock when the needle-arm moves forwardly and a spiral springconnectin the needle-arm with the compressor-arm shaft as and for thepurposespecified.

30. In a shocker, the combination with the shock-carrier suitablysupported on the frame, of the compressor-arms, the shaft carrying thesame, the needle-arm, a suitable support for the compressor-arms shaft,arms on the compressor-arms shaft and rods connecting the arms to theneedle-arm for moving the compressonarms downwardly upon the inwardmovement of the needle as and forthe purpose specified.

31. In a shocker, the combination with the main frame, theextension-frame located at the front of the machine and theshock-carrier, of the needle-arm journaled on the outer end of theextension-frame, the braces extending outwardly and downwardly from theextension-frame, a journal supported thereby at the outside of theshock-carrier, a rockshaft mounted to rock in said journal,compressor-arms suitably secured to said shaft and means for imparting arocking motion to said shaft when the needle-arm is caused to moveinwardly, substantially as described.

32. In a shocker, the combination with the main frame, theextension-frame located at the front of the machine and theshock-carrier, of the needle-arm journaled on the outer end of theextension-frame, the braces e xtending outwardly from theextension-frame, a journal supported thereby at the outside of theshock-carrier, a rock-shaft mounted to oscillate in said journal,compressor crankarms suitably secured to the compressor-arms shaft, armson the compressor-arms shaft, a rod connecting one bf the crank-arms tothe needle-arm, an arm on the end of the needle arm and a rod connectingthe second crankarm to such latter arm as and for the purpose specified.

33. In a device of the character described, a shock-carrier, means fordelivering sheaves thereto to form a shock, and means for moving saidshock-carrier longitudinally and elevating it to deliver the shock andfor folding it, substantially as described.

34. In a device of the character described, a shock-carrier comprisingafolding frame, suitable means for supporting the same, means fordelivering sheaves thereto, and means for movin said framelongitudinally and tilting and fo ding it, substantially asdeally-extending bars and the inner bar, the

longitudinal bars pivotally connected to the laterally-extending bars,the extension-arm secured to the rearmost laterally-extending.

barand means for throwing such arm down, so as to tilt thelaterally-extending bars to lie substantially parallel with the innerside bar when the inner sidebar is raised to the substantially verticalposition and means for swinging said inner side bar to a verticalposition as and for the purpose specified.

37. In a shocker, a shock-carrier comprising the inner side bar, thelaterally-extending bars, pivotal connections between thelaterally-extending bars and the inner bar,

the longitudinal bars pivotally connected to the laterally-extendingbars, the extensionarm secured to the rearmost laterally-extending bar,a bar pivotally connected to the extension-arm of thelaterally-extending bar,

suitable guideways in the carrier-frame for the same and means foroperating the aforesaid bar, so as to fold the shocker as and for thepur ose specified.

38. a shocker, a shock-carrier comprising the inner side bar, thelaterally-extending bars, pivotal connections between thelaterally-extending bars and the inner bar, the

, longitudinal bars pivotally connected to the laterally-extending bars,the extension-armsecured to therearmost laterally-extending bar, a barhavlng one end bent at an angle 7 and the opposite end pivotallyconnected to the extension-arm of the lateral bar, suitable guides inthe carrier-frame for the same, the

operating-shaft suitably journaled on brack-- ets onthe fraine, and thearm on the end of the operating-shaft provided with a notch as shown andfor the purpose specified.

, 39. Ina shocker, a shock-carrier comprising the inner side bar, thelaterally-extending bars, pivotal connections between thelaterally-extending bars and the inner bar, the longitudinal barspivotally connected to the laterally-extending bars, the extension-armsecured to the re'armost laterally-extending bar, a bar having one endbent at an angle and its opposite end pivotally connected to theextension of the lateral arm, suitable guides in the carrier-frame forthe same, the operating-shaft suitably supported, the arm on the end ofthe operating-shaft provided with a notch and a guide onthe' inner sidebar of the shock-carrier as and for the purpose specified.

40. In a shocker, the combination with the shock-carrier andsupporting-rails suitably supported, of a carriage for supportin thefront end of the shock-carrier'on the rails, an operatingshaft providedwith a suitable crank, acounter-shaft provided with an arm at one end, apitman connecting such arm with the crank on the operating-shaft, an armon the outer end of the counter-shaft and a pitman or rod connectingsuch arm to said carria e as and for the purpose specified.

41. na shocker, the combination with a suitable carriage and ashock-carrier pivotally connected to the carriage at one end, of meansfor throwing the carriage rearwardly, an operating-shaft a framesuitably supported on the operating-shaft and rovlded at the end with acrank-arm pivotal y connected to the center of the shock-carrier as andfor the purpose specified.

42. In a shocker, the combination with the shock-carrier and thecarriage supporting the front end thereof at the inside, of theoperating -shaft, the frame supported thereon, the crank-arm having apivotal connection to the side of the shock-carrierframe and the end ofthe frame supported on the .0 crating-shaft as and for the purposespecified? 43. In a shocker, the combination with the I shock-carrierand means for supporting and elevatin the same and causing it to recederearwar ly, of the operating-shaft and a brake-shoe secured thereon anda band with which such brake-shoe comes in contact as and for the purose s ecified.

44. In a shoe er, t e combination with the shock-carrier, thedriving-shaft therefor and the knotter-shaft, of a sprocket drive-wheelloose on the shaft, clutch mechanism coacting therewith and providedwith a releasingdog, a trip-spindle, means connected to theknotter-shaft for drivin the same, a face-' wheel on said trip-spin le,a tooth on said face-wheel, and a bell-crank having one end adapted tonormally enga c said dog and the opposite end adapted to ie engaged bythe tooth on said face-wheel and to release the dog on said clutchmechanism, substantially as described.

45. In a shocker, the combination with the shock-carrier anddrive-shaft, of a sprocket IIO drive-wheel loose on the shaft, clutchmechanism coacting therewith and provided with a releasin -dog, abell-crank designed to co act with t e dog and spring-held, the shock 5knotter-shaft, a spindle located thereunder drivingtmeans between theknotter-shaft and the spindle and a face-wheel on the spindle providedwith a tooth desi gned to come in contact with the end of the bell-crankas and Witnesses I B. BOYD, L. TRIMBLE.

for the purpose specified.

JAMES CALDER

